US Patent Issued to Warsaw Orthopedic on Nov. 18 for "Fail-safe release mechanisms for use with interchangeable patient positioning support structures" (Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,728, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Warsaw Orthopedic Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).

"Fail-safe release mechanisms for use with interchangeable patient positioning support structures" was invented by Roger P. Jackson (Prairie Village, Kan.), Lawrence Guerra (Mission, Kan.) and Michael Herron (Overland, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fail-safe release mechanism for use with patient positioning support apparati having a base structure and a patient support structure, to prevent collapse of the patient support structure during disconnection of the patient support structure from the base structure at outboard ends thereof."

The patent ...